The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer audiobook.

Genre: poetry

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a group of pilgrims on their way from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

The themes of the tales vary, and include topics such as courtly love, treachery, and avarice. The genres also vary, and include romance, Breton lai, sermon, beast fable, and fabliau. The characters, introduced in the General Prologue of the book, tell tales of great cultural relevance.

The version read here was edited by D. Laing Purves (1838-1873) “for popular perusal” and the language is mostly updated.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:06:22) Chapter 02

(01:04:49) Chapter 03

(01:43:55) Chapter 1

(02:50:25) Chapter 2

(04:10:28) Chapter 05

(05:05:18) Chapter 06

(05:28:48) Chapter 07

(05:36:40) Chapter 08

(06:56:42) Chapter 09

(08:00:14) Chapter 10

(08:23:07) Chapter 11

(09:06:16) Chapter 12

(10:26:33) Chapter 13

(11:48:10) Chapter 14

(12:19:49) Chapter 15

(13:03:36) Chapter 16

(13:20:40) Chapter 17

(14:00:48) Chapter 18

(14:28:28) Chapter 19

(14:43:37) Chapter 20

(14:53:51) Chapter 21

(15:29:57) Chapter 22

(16:17:33) Chapter 23

(17:04:47) Chapter 24

(17:32:34) Chapter 25

(18:10:08) Chapter 26

(18:27:14) Chapter 27

(19:22:20) Chapter 28

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